Repent and Believe Podcast w/ Cynthia Smalls

Glory be to God!

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💥 Join me today on the podcast (link below) as I exhort: God has called us to holiness, so we'll be looking at what the Bible says about living a clean life! Unless the child of God faithfully practices a daily regimen of "detoxifying," cleansing, and purification, he or she will inevitably become contaminated and filthy with the sins of the world. The world, the flesh and the devil will continually contaminate our souls with sin and degradation if we allow it. Everything around us seems to drench us with the filth of this world. The results will be manifested in progressive backsliding and spiritual DEATH! Oh yes, do not be deceived beloved!

📌 Listen, "...Dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God," 2 Corinthians 7:1.

Every born-again believer has been washed in the blood of Jesus Christ for cleansing. Every past sin that he or she has ever committed has been washed away, never to be remembered against them again. You cannot get any cleaner than blood-washed! Post-salvation, now that we have been forgiven, we: "Go, and sin no more" just like Jesus told us in John 8:11!

Some of the OSAS camp often asks: "If I am cleansed by the blood of Jesus, why must I cleanse myself from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit?" "Why must I be bothered with "perfecting holiness" if I am born again? The answer is simple: WE ARE COMMANDED TO BE HOLY OTHERWISE, WE WON'T SEE THE LORD THAT'S WHY! "Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord" (Hebrews 12:14).

It’s vital to understand that, as the LORD’S redeemed people, we are made holy through Christ’s finished work, the offering of His body on the cross (Hebrews 10:10, 14; Ephesians 1:4; 1 Corinthians 1:2). We are saved by Jesus “to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began” (2 Timothy 1:9). “He saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit” (Titus 3:5). Therefore, we live changed lives!

Amen! 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!

Glory be to God!

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💥 Join me today on the podcast (link below) as I discuss: The Bible is clear about sin, about the fallen state of humanity, about those who commit sin, about the consequences of sin, about Who died for our sins, and about the place where all unrepentant Christ-rejecting, God-denying unsaved souls will spend all of eternity: the Lake of Fire, which is the second death 😞!

"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works" (2 Timothy 3:16-17). It teaches us what is wholesome and righteous and good and what is wicked and vile and detestable and abominable unto the LORD!

Those who make a practice of doing such things as listed in Galatians 5:19-21 as a pattern of life, their outward conduct indicates their inward spiritual status: they are NOT born of God, they do NOT have the Holy Spirit within, and are NOT God’s true children! STUDY 1 JOHN 3:4-10. I know those in "church" denominational circles, who refuse to come up from under false teachings and depraved men and women who teach them, do not like to hear that their salvation can be lost/forfeited. Their forfeiture of their salvation is due to their OWN WICKED CONDUCT while claiming the Name, not God's!

The LORD is the same yesterday, today, and forever more! The promise of eternal life is clearly stated in Scripture who has it: 27 "The sheep that are My own hear My voice and listen to Me; I know them, and 👉🏾they follow Me. 28 And I give 👉🏾them eternal life, and they will never, ever [by any means] perish; and no one will ever snatch 👉🏾them out of My hand" (John 10).

Our God in Heaven does not keep from us what He expects from us. Now that we are born-again children, filled with His Holy Spirit, we don't make it a practice to live in habitual sin. We live changed repentant lives, lives with a purpose to bring honor and glory to Him who sent the Messiah to die for the sins of the whole world!

14 "For sin will no longer be a master over you, since you are not under Law [as slaves], but under [unmerited] grace [as recipients of God’s favor and mercy]" (Romans 6). Amen! 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!

Glory be to God!

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💥 Join me today on the podcast (link below) as I exhort: There will be no repentance nor mercy on a Day of Judgment! Christ will judge the inhabited world in righteousness! Make no mistake, those who sin...choose to sin!! Because, "No one who abides in Him [who remains united in fellowship with Him—deliberately, knowingly, and habitually] practices sin. No one who habitually sins has seen Him or known Him." 1 John 3:6

The question of the day: ARE you practicing sin as a continuous action? Because the Bible says, "The one who 👉🏾practices sin [separating himself from God, and offending Him by acts of disobedience, indifference, or rebellion] is of the devil [and takes his inner character and moral values from him, not God]; for the devil has sinned and violated God’s law from the beginning." 1 John 3:8

💥 SIN NO MORE! SIN is no longer a lifestyle choice! In saying, “Go and sin no more” (John 8:11), the Lord Jesus Christ was warning against a return to sinful lifestyle choices. His words both extended mercy and demanded holiness!

Now that you are born-again, the Bible tells us in 2 Peter 3:14 how we ought to be living: "be diligent and make every effort to be found by Him [at His return] spotless and blameless, in peace [that is, inwardly calm with a sense of spiritual well-being and confidence, having lived a life of obedience to Him]." There are many false doctrines and teachers who distort and twist Scriptures, preaching it doesn't matter how you live, as long as you "believe" in Jesus, you will go to Heaven! We are commanded in 2 Peter 3:17 to: "Be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of unprincipled men [who distort doctrine] and fall from your own steadfastness [of mind, knowledge, truth, and faith]."

Beloved, live clean and holy as we know that the Day of Christ's return is fast approaching! Don't abandon the faith by living in willful practicing sin! Have faith in the Lord that He will keep you from falling. Listen and be guided by Holy Spirit so that He can train you and sanctify you in righteousness, for we no longer belong to this world, but of God! Amen!🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!

Glory be to God!

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💥 Join me today on the podcast (link below) as I exhort: the denominational doctrine, “Once Saved, Always Saved” is false, unbiblical and destructive and it is damnable! According to this false doctrine, once a person becomes a Christian, there is nothing that they can do to fall from God’s grace, which would result in them being lost eternally. Simply put, once someone gets saved, they are incapable of losing their salvation… that is what this false doctrine teaches! Sadly, so many people have been deceived by this false doctrine! This false doctrine needs to be exposed! We as Christians need to help others see with CERTAINTY that the Bible teaches a child of God who is saved CAN so sin as to fall from the grace of God and lose their soul for eternity in !

Beloved, the doctrine of "eternal security" flatly contradicts Scripture, and it is commonly used as a smokescreen to justify sinful lifestyles. In other words, “once saved, always saved” appeals to the most carnal leanings of our humanity.

The doctrine of "eternal security" gives false legitimacy for sin, false comfort to sinners, and builds a pseudo-biblical barrier between countless sinners and repentance.

The notion of eternal security shares similarities with Satan’s seduction of Eve in the garden of Eden. The serpent assured Eve, “…Ye shall not surely die (Genesis 3:4).” The satanic implication being that Eve could live in disobedience without fear of Divine consequences. The doctrine of "eternal security" makes the same false claim, and it originates from the same satanic source.

May this be not said of you: "They profess to know God [to recognize and be acquainted with Him], but by their actions they deny and disown Him. They are detestable and disobedient and worthless for good work of any kind" (Titus 1:16). Amen! 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!

Glory be to God!

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💥 Join me today on the podcast (link below) as I exhort: Stop saying we have the "blood," we have His "grace," it is by "faith" alone... And you're still willfully living in filthy sin!

Beloved, where there is no forsaking of sin, where there is no abandoning of wicked ways, and where there is no turning from evil, there is no following of Christ! Many in the Body of Christ are deceived to think they can live however they want and still have right standing with the Father; that they are still in fellowship with Jesus, when they're not! This is the problem: you cannot pull on God's grace when you have no intention of obeying Jesus Christ as Lord! If you are not abiding in Jesus, you are not obeying Jesus - it cannot get any more clearer than that!

📌 Thank brother Osewe Ouma Lawrence for this posting on Facebook: "We can not continue living in habitual sins when we have been born of the incorruptible seed of God's word which liveth and abideth for ever, contrary to what perverted grace teaching permits." Amen!

Those who hold on to the false doctrine of once saved /always saved, believe that teachings on avoiding sin, is OUR ability to remain saved. When in fact, that is so far from the truth! Avoiding sin, abstaining from it, is what we have been commanded to do! And we have helped to do it: the Holy Spirit. The Scriptures are clear, we are to abstain from the fruitless deeds of darkness, having nothing to do with it! Oh beloved, do not be deceived, we must live clean and holy! They also believe that we are trying to earn salvation through self-righteousness. Again, this is far from the truth, Jesus says if we really love Him we will keep His commandments!

They love to hype up Grace, but fail to realize that God's grace, that saves us, also teaches us to reject all ungodliness and worldly immoral desires! For, "No one who abides in Him [who remains united in fellowship with Him—deliberately, knowingly, and habitually] practices sin. No one who habitually sins has seen Him or known Him" (1 John 3:6). THAT'S JUST THE FACTS!

SCRIPTURE IS UNANIMOUS:

"9 No one who is born of God [deliberately, knowingly, and habitually] practices sin, because God’s seed [His principle of life, the essence of His righteous character] remains [permanently] in him [who is born again—who is reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose]; and he [who is born again] cannot habitually [live a life characterized by] sin, because he is born of God and longs to please Him. 10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil are clearly identified: anyone who does not practice righteousness [who does not seek God’s will in thought, action, and purpose] is not of God, nor is the one who does not [unselfishly] love his [believing] brother" (1 John 3). Amen! 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!

Glory be to God!

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💥 Join me today on the podcast (link below) as I exhort: Without Christ, people do all sorts of things to lessen or erase guilt. They try to live good lives, they try to compensate for the times they did wrong or they busy themselves with making merit. Or they kill their conscience and totally surrender to sin. All this is in vain; people can’t escape sin and judgment on themselves.

What Does The Bible Say About Sin And Judgment?

“And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for Him” (Hebrews 9:27-28).

LISTEN, FACTS: The Lord Jesus Christ will not help any unrepentant soul who ends up in . This is why He calls us to repent or perish! For the unrepentant ignores His warnings. They love worldly things more than spiritual things. When they die without repentance, they end up in . is a place where there is NO mercy, NO grace and NO love. All of that will be available to you while you're alive, BUT not after DEATH!

Don't let anyone trick and fool you that you do not have to live a life of obedience/producing fruit in keeping with your repentance now that you are in Christ Jesus. DON'T LOSE YOUR POSITION OF RIGHT STANDING! WE MUST LIVE CLEAN AND HOLY AND GODLY LIVES! Let us meditate and keep focused on these Scriptures as we pray and walk by faith, so that we are not ashamed when we stand before Jesus Christ to receive our rewards on the Day of Judgment as faithful servants:

📌 13 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad and easy to travel is the path that leads the way to destruction and eternal loss, and there are many who enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow and difficult to travel is the path that leads the way to [everlasting] life, and there are few who find it" (Matt. 7).

📌 "If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning. It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them. Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud.”" (2 Peter 2:20-22).

📌 "So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him. BEAR IN MIND THAT OUR LORD'S PATIENCE MEANS SALVATION, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him. He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction. Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of the lawless and FALL FROM YOUR SECURE POSITION." (2 Peter 3:14-17).

📌 "See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end." (Hebrews 3:12-14). Amen! 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!

Glory be to God!

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💥 Join me today on the podcast (link below) as I exhort: God’s lavish grace is not an excuse to sin.... and if you do SIN, it's because you WANNA SIN!

🙄 SORRY, BUT YOU SIMPLY CANNOT LIVE HOWEVER YOU WANT AND STILL CLAIM THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST!

Beloved, this is the message you must hear until the very end! WE are either a slave to sin and will inherit the punishment that is associated with it, or we are slaves to righteousness and inherit the rewards associated with it. Christ Jesus died so that our sins could be forgiven, but a life lived in DELIBERATE BLATANT sin, does not lead to salvation and nothing in the Bible suggests that it would. God has NEVER and will NEVER be happy with rebellion and blasphemy!! DID U HEAR THAT?!

📌 We are saved by the grace of God and by grace alone, the Bible is extremely clear on this, but many people don’t understand grace or what it means to follow God, and that is why they ask why can’t they just live however they want and still be saved. If you are being been saved, it is because you, through repentance, have given your heart to God, and a heart that has been given to God, desires the things of God and does not desire to sin! PERIOD!!

Listen, just because you’re covered by grace, doesn’t mean it gives you the right to do whatever you want with your body & your mouth! When you become a follower of Jesus', you don’t experience autonomy; for you are not self-ruled! You become a slave to righteousness. You have a new Master. You’re no longer a slave or a child of iniquity. You’re no longer a slave to your sin. You’re a slave to righteousness. You are not your own because you’ve been purchased and bought at a price, and that price was Christ. Paul is clear on this in Romans 5 and 6 as he’s talking to the Christians in Rome. He’s preaching this lavish grace on them, and they get the brilliant idea 🤦🏾‍♀️ oh boy, “Should I just go on abounding in my sin so the grace of God can abound even more? Ummm No! Look, their mentality, just like of most professing Christians today: multiplied sins comes multiplied grace. In order to show that God’s grace is so overwhelmingly amazing, I’ll just sin more.” What’s Paul’s answer? God forbid!

The Bible tells us to always be ready because Jesus comes as a thief in the night, so in other words, we have no way of knowing when we will meet God, only that we will. If we are ready, things will go well for us, and if we are not ready, things will go poorly for us. When we choose not to follow Jesus, we have chosen poorly indeed. Intentionally living a life of sin and thinking that we will someday repent before it is too late, is like playing chicken with the train with a blindfold on and earplugs in. We're NOT GONNA MAKE IT! Amen! LIVE CLEAN! BE HOLY!

🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!

Glory be to God!

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💥 Join me today on the podcast (link below) as I exhort: HOLY GOD, OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN, WILL NEVER AUTHORIZE YOUR SIN! When people sin, they arouse the wrath of God (Rom 1:18) and we become enemies of God (Romans 5:10).

Listen, both the Old and New Testaments reveal an utterly holy God whose holy nature demands wrath against all sin. Wrath is the reverse side of His holiness. God cannot set aside His wrath toward our sin and remain holy! So what is sinful man to do in order to make themselves right with God? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! There is nothing we could do to earn our salvation nor stave off God's wrath that is rightly & justly deserving of us, for God's justice demands PAYMENT for sin!

That PAYMENT came in the Person of Christ Jesus laying down His SINLESS life as a PROPITIATION for our sins. Christ's sacrificial atoning death on the cross, satisfied God's justice for payment of sin. So what's the big deal about Christ being our propitiation? Well...

Propitiation means “averting the wrath of God by the offering of a gift!" It refers to the turning away of the WRATH of God (the just judgment of our sin) by His own provision of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ (THE SIN OFFERING) on the cross. Propitiation is used in the New Testament to describe the pacifying, placating, or appeasing of God’s wrath. God's wrath was averted from us (those who have called on the Name of the Lord to be saved), and came on Jesus Christ instead! He paid the penalty for our wrongdoing! He took on the full wrath of God on our behalf! This is why we don't play around with sin, nor do we condone sin! We live lives in complete obedience and appreciation for what Christ has done for us... otherwise we face eternal destruction and separation from holy God! Amen! 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!

Glory be to God!

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💥 Join me today on the podcast (link below) as I exhort: HOW TO SPOT & RECOGNIZE A WOLF-IN-SHEEP'S CLOTHING! "5 Holding to a form of [outward] godliness (religion), although they have denied its power [for their conduct nullifies their claim of faith]. Avoid such people and keep far away from them." " 9 But they will not get very far, for their meaningless nonsense and ignorance will become obvious to everyone" (2 Timothy 3:5; 9)!

OH BELOVED, TODAY'S EPISODE IS A GOOD ONE! THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL BE LEADING US TO RECOGNIZE THOSE MEN AND WOMEN WHO STANDS UP IN THESE APOSTATE CHURCHES, ARENAS, COLISEUMS, HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOMS, SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, YOU NAME IT, TWISTING AND MANGLING THE WORD OF GOD FOR THEIR OWN AGENDAS AND SECRET AND OVERT AMBITIONS! AND BE NOT MISTAKEN, LUST, GREED, AND POWER IS AT THE FOREFRONT, NOT TO MENTION, CELEBRITY, FAME & RECOGNITION!

⏰ JESUS WARNED: "Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves." Matthew 7:15

What does "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" mean?

A wolf-in-sheep's clothing is symbolic for someone who outwardly looks harmless and kind with good intentions but inwardly is full of hate, evil and deceit. We are warned of this false teacher in the book of Matthew in the Bible. This person seeks to twist truth and Scripture to fit their own agenda. They deceive their audience with false prophecy and teachings.

Many times the wolf disguised in sheep’s clothing, knows God’s Word better than we thought, crafting and twisting it so much, we might even find ourselves feeling confused over what real truth is anymore.

🚨 Signs of a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

1. They Love Power and Themselves!

2. They Refuse Correction and Respond to Criticism with Anger!

3. They Use Emotions to Get What They Want!

4. They lack the Fruit of the Spirit!

Use caution in who you listen to and choose to take guidance from. Know God’s Word and you’ll know when it’s being twisted and manipulated! “For even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds" (2 Cor. 11:14-15). Amen! 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!

Glory be to God!

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💥 Join me today on the podcast (link below) as I discuss: Jesus' statement, “you will know them by their fruit” (Matthew 7:16) is part of His teaching about recognizing true followers and avoiding false prophets. Unfortunately, many people through the years have been duped into following such characters and joining them in justifying the sin. If only they had heeded Jesus’ warning that “you will know them by their fruit.” No matter how good or convincing someone sounds, if he or she is bearing bad fruit, their message should be avoided!!

While we can never know anyone else’s heart, we can make wise assessments about other people by observing the regular fruit of their lives. All of us stumble from time to time, and we may go through seasons of bearing little fruit (1 John 1:8). But, 1 John 3:4–10 makes it clear that those who know God, will NOT continue a lifestyle of bearing bad fruit. We have been transformed, and the fruit of our lives is evidence of that transformation! Apple trees don’t produce bananas, and strawberry plants don’t produce figs. This fact of nature is also true in the spiritual realm.

Often, people profess faith in Jesus as Savior, but it is a mere profession with no real faith (study Matthew 15:8). When we repent of our sin and receive Jesus as Lord of our lives (John 1:12; Acts 2:38), He changes our hearts (2 Corinthians 5:17). Now the fruit that is produced is good fruit. Galatians 5:22 lists some of the fruit produced by a heart in tune with God. Our attitudes, actions, words, and perspectives change as we walk in fellowship with the Holy Spirit (1 John 1:6–7). When our hearts change, our fruit changes. Amen! 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!